Faucet.



o. T. BoWN s; T. E. SMITH.

l PAUGBT. l APPLIUATON FILED JULY 27', 1909,

Patented May 1.0

CHARLES .T. .IBDWN THGMAS E. SMITH, F IP1'1"!SiBURr, PENNSYLVANIA.

FAUCET.

To all whom'itmcy concern:

Be it known lthat we, Canarias. T. BOWN andl 'THOMAS E. SMrrH, citizens .of the United States of America, residing yat Pittsbur inthe county of Allegheny 'and State dff erin Ivania, have invented certain new and use ul Improvements in Faucets, of

' which the following-is a specification, referstuiing box or renewing the washer em ence being had therein to the accompanying drawing. i

This vinvention relates to faucets and spigots, and the vinvention ha's for its primary object to provide afaucet with simple and eifective means for automatically shutting 'oli the faucet when theI plugor valve stein thereof is removed for packing the ployed for maintaining'a non-leakable con*- neetion-between the body of the faucet and the adjustable plug or stein thereof.v i

A further object ofthe invention is to provide a faucet for spigots with a pressure actuated valve adapted to be seated to close the faucet when the considerable trouble and delay, particularly in houses andhotels where a large number of faucets are used. In devising our iniprovement .we aim to obviate the necessity vof shutting ofi' the water other than .in the faucet to be repaired, consequently we facili- I illustrated the tate the work of the plumber and eliminate all inconvenience incurred by repairing a faucet' Our invention will be hereinafter -con-v sidered in detail and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing forming part of the specification wherein is referred embodiments of the invention, but it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or changed as to the size, shape, and manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a faucet constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. '2 is a vertical sectional view of a spigot showing amodication of the invention, and Fi 3 is a similar view of a still further modified form of the invention.

In the drawings 1 denotes the body of a .lspeoication of'Letters Patent. Application filed Illy 27, la. Scrial N0.` 509,892.

lend o plug or valve stem Patented May io, 191 o.

faucet as Ycommonly use-d in connection with wash stands and basins, the body being supported by a pedestal 2 having a central verti- Vcal chamber 3 into the lower end of which is tapped awater supply pipe 4. The upper end of the chamber 3 terminates'at an annular shoulder having the lower edges thereof provided with valve seats 6 and the upper edges with valve seat 7.

The valve body 1 is provided with a spout' or outlet 8 and with a vertical interiorly threaded extension 9.

Screwediiito the eX- tension 9 and adapted to bead'uste'd therein is `a valve plug 10 havin-g t e lower end thereof provided with an interiorly threaded tegral with the stem 12, said stem extending throu h a cap 13 secured upon the upper the entension 9. Mounted upon the upper end of the extension 9 is a gasket or washer 14 serving functionally as a packing to establish a non-leakable connection be! `tween the cap 13 and `the extension 9.

Mounted upon the upper end of the stein 12 is a handle 15, said handle being retained upon said stem by a cap 16.

Detachably mounted in the socket 11 is a depending rod 17 provided intermediate the ends thereof with a peripheral flange18. ln terposed between the flange 18 and the plug 10 is a resilient washer 19 serving as `a valve and adapted to yengage in the seat 7. Mounted in the chamber 3 is a doat valve which consists of a buoyant body portion 20 carrying on its upper end a valve disk 21 of greater diameter than said body 20 whereby the disk will project therefrom. The valve ydisk 21 is convexed on the outer surface within' the chamber 3 is ada ted to maintain the valve disk 21 against t e-lower end of the rod 17.

The plug 10 can be elevated to open the faucet and allow, water to pass through the spout 8, without the float valve engaging the seat 6; the rod 17 of the plug 10 holding the iioat valve off the seat. When the plug sion 9 of the valve body 1, the rod-17 releases the float valve and allows the pressure of water within the chamber 3 to seat the float valve and shut olf the supply of water 70 socket 11, while the upper end is formed in- 10 is elevated and removed from the A exten- I to the valve body l. The supply of water is shut olf until the plu is replaced and the rod 17 lowers the va ve disk 2l.

In Figs. 2 and 3 of the we have illustrated theprinci le of our invention as i applied to spigots, e spigot in Fig. 2 of the drawing having the body ythereof en-v larged to provide a chamber 22 for the Boat valve. In order that the float valve can 'be placed within the chamber,l the valve body is provided with a detachable valve Iseat 23 placed in position throu h the medium `of the valve extension 24 an asuitable Spanner wrench (not shown).

As shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings accese is had to the chamber 22 `for placing the ioat valve through the medium of a plug 25 adj notably mounted in the lower end of the chamber 22. In connection with either "spigot the operation of the float valve is` the same as of the faucet shown in Fig. l. p

' Having now described our invention, what we claim as new is:

l. "In 'a faucetJ the combination of a. bodyportion having an upper and a lower interiorly-arranged valve seat, said bod -portion having an inlet chamber and an out et chamber= a removable plug mounted in the outlet v chamber and adapted to engage said upper valve seat for shuttin oli communication between the two cham ers, a rod fixed to ber and adapted to eng e said lower Valve p said plu and extending in said inlet chamber, a va ve arranged within said inlet chameeat when said rod .is e evated, said valve being convexo-ooncave in cross-section, and a buoyant body depending fromsaid valve and of less diameter than said inlet chamt ber and adapted to automaticall move saidy valve to enga ement with 'sai lower seat when said r` is removed from the inlet chamber whereby communication will be `cut off between the inletV and the outlet yvalve arranged within said inlet chamber and adapted to engage said lower valve seat when said rod is elevated, said valve being convexe-concave in cross-section, a buoyant `body depending from said valve and of less diameter than said inlet chamber and adapted to automatically' move said valve to engagement vwith said lower seat when said ro is removed from the inlet chamber y whereby communication will be cut off be tween the inlet and the outlet chamber an inlet communicating with the lower end of said inlet chamber, and an outlet communieatin at its inner end with said outlet chamber, t e inner end of said outlet being above the plane of the innerend of the inlet. p

In testimony -whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses:

CHARLES T. BOWN. THOMAS E. SMITH. Witnesses: t t

DAVID FURNIEB, MAX H, SRoLovITz.

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